Decoy



Jan. 20, 1931. P. J. GAzEcKl E1' Al. 13789549 DEcoY Filed April 14. 1930r` y'PatenteclJalrt i web@ t ,lamination faea `Alun' 14;.

` The' invention" relates to yanchors forrde-1 coys, and has for itsobject to provide'a de-y vice of this vkind'.vvhereiir a'spring rotatedreel'is carried by a plate and disposedwith-- I 5 in a recessin thedecoy, and provided' with p i' f ya flexible member extending through anlap'- Y y erturein' the plate and connectedtoan'an-sv Chor.V n

A" further object is to provide a* spring I' 10 actuated and controlledanchor! for'avdeco'y constructed as a unit so 'that thelsameucan be'applied to a conventional formof 'decoy5` A further object is toprovide theianehor with an extension lwhich is receivedinyan I' 15opening of the plate and Vfrictionally held;

thereby preventing unwindingfof` the reel when thedecoy'is packed forstor'ageor ships, ment.; -f Y f'.

' A further Objectis t'ofprovidev a detent for holding the reelY againstrotatingv `when the anchor is positioned for anchoring the decoy. i f li A further objecty is'. to provide the plate 25 with upwardly extendingarms havinga sta- Ationary shattmounted therein, a reel on said shaftand a coiledspring connecting the reel l. and shaft andforming'means'Wherebyxthe y"anchoring line .will bewound upon the reel.

3o upon release ofthe reel;y y Y 'f With the above and'otherobjectsin'v'ieW lthe invention resides in the combination and arrangement ofparts as vrhereinafter set,

' forth, shown Yin'thedrawing,described..andj

35 elai1ned,1 it heilig understoody that changes..

in the precise embodimentof` Vtheinvention.' f'may Vbe made 'Within the'scope ofV what isn' from the spirit Y lf When the anchor '1 -5 reaches vthe enlargement Y" 1 6 is lforced through Ythe 299 i opening 18ainftheplatefd, and is frictional-l'y' I t gripped bythe spring arms 19,Whichfspri'ng Figure 2 `is a 'verticallongitudinal,.secfj tional Viewth-rough the loweinportion of the'f 5.45 decoy and lanchor reel. Y l

if claimed VWithout departing .of the invention. i i Y `In the drawing:

Figure 1 is'aside showingthe' anchorin lowered position.

Figure 3 is a verticaly jransverse sectional vlew taken on l1'ne3-8 ofFigure 2; l Figure 4l l1s a top planv View. o'a portion f of thereelcarryingplate lshowin"gthe spring 5 6 `gripping arms for the anchormember.

elevati@ of the aecpfiy;

`isi'orme'd as a unit, so it may be easily and, quicklyfapplied todecoys nowin useyandv-qdesi gnates*aconventional f. form offdec'o'yfand-2 fan'areua-te 'chamber in the under side ,there- .f oft'yvhivchfi'spreferably shapedfas'shoyvnsothatfthefch alnbe'rfcanV be -forl'nedf-withVaeoirl z55 ventional r'otatlableeutte v`tlienciost:ofln1arnucaetnre: cl 'Secured/d toi the underside; of the? decoy llby fme'ansfoffscrews-Sisa plateg which "forms losnre' for'the l recess'Qg-fandl also 'formss'ol'e 460. f

'thereby `'reduoingrf. this' f partioular.- V

A jill' supportingvmeanslfor the meehanisinflhe-re-'portua,"stationarylshaft6.51One endof thm-65"" A( 'shaft' 6 is providedWith `rectangnlarly .shaped portion 7 disposed in a1 similarlyv l f"shaped aperture 8, thereforeit will be seenv that thefshaft 6 `isheld"against rota-tion, 20 `cooperating With av gear at one' endof thevreel.

Rotatably mounted on. the shaft 6' is a .reel '54m coiled springbeing'anchoredfat 13 to the reel, and thefother end lat 14 t'o-"theshaft 6,5

and it Willbe seen thatwvhen the anchor" cord'lO is pulled downwardly,the springs 13 -Will'be tensionedsothat upon release of the V'cord' andits'` anchor 15, the cordwill be auto. n v

.matically Wound on the reel f '1 *Connected to the'enla. gement 16carriedv f rley-theiiipjper side of' the anchor15 is thef lowerendaoftheanchor;cordljtherefore it vWillf befseen that Wh'enither reelis,Y released? the cordwound on the reel 9; 'Y l t thefp1ate'14,

.arms .will hold the anchor 15 in 'close lgag ment vWith the,v plate 4,th`erebyforminga ff Y l I .Y compact package andholding means forthe f ianchor, particularly 'for stor'algefpurposesfj S f .-Froin the abYeiitWill-be seen thatan ani- `chori-ng device Vis provided. fondecoyswhich'v saiddevice is provided with means for automatically Winding theanchor line on a reel and means for` frictiona-lly holding the anchor ininoperative position.

` our signatures.

VThe invention having been set" 4 forth what is claimedas new andAuseful is 1. The combination with a decoy, of an anchor controllingdevice', said device comprisinga single plate securedto the decoyadjacent a chamber in said. decoy, spaced arms carriedbysaidplateWithinr the cham-` i' ber, a reel mounted between said arms, springlmeans for rotating said reel 1n one d1rect1on,

an anchor line extending around said reel and through an aperture in theplate, an anchor carrled by said anchor line and de-` vtentmeanscooperatmg With'said reel for holding the same against rotationyorreleasing the reel and allowing the same to rotate under` theinfluence of thespring means.

2.4 The combinationV with a decoy anchor,

a'plate carriedby a decoy, an anchor line ex-v; tending lthrough anaperture in the plate, of an extension carried 'by said anchor andlmeans for gripping said extension when it passes through the aperture inthe plate. n

Intestilnony whereof We hereunto aiX PHILIP JOHNl GAZEGKI.k f LEONARDHENRY GAZECKL

